Description

Rich, fragrant vanilla starts with just two ingredients. This step-by-step guide shows you how to make homemade vanilla extract in your own kitchen. Once you try it, you may never buy a bottle again.

Why Make Your Own

Store-bought pure vanilla costs more every year. Homemade vanilla extract costs less per ounce and tastes richer. You choose the vanilla beans, the spirit, and the bottles. Best of all, one batch keeps going. Simply top it off as you use it. You will taste the difference in cookies, cakes, and your morning tea.

What’s Inside the Guide

• How to choose vanilla beans and what the grades mean.
• The ratio of beans to alcohol for a full-strength extract.
• How long to steep it and how to store it.
• Ideas for bottling, labeling, and gifting.

How It Works

Make your first batch of homemade vanilla extract this week.

1. Download the PDF guide after checkout.
2. Gather your beans, a spirit, and a clean glass bottle.
3. Follow the steps to split the beans and fill your bottle.
4. Store it in a cool, dark cupboard and let time do the work.

A Gift Worth the Wait

Vanilla needs time to steep, so start early. A batch made in the fall is ready for holiday baking and gift-giving. Tie on a tag and a ribbon, and you have a gift friends will use all year. Small bottles also make lovely favors at each place setting. It pairs beautifully with a cookie exchange or a hostess gift basket.

Looking for more ideas? Read my cookie exchange post for baking and gifting inspiration.

Good to Know

• This is a digital download. No physical item will arrive in the mail.
• The guide is for personal use.
• All sales are final on digital products.